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An introduction to different types of animal ears.

Excerpt from Letters of Mary Sibylla HollandThis selection from letters has been made in order to embody in a permanent form a memorial of a nature of rare distinction. No books have a charm more great, or more permanent value, than collections of letters written, with no thought but to please, convey affection, help or console, by persons gifted with sympathy, reason, and the seeing faculty, if - and this is essential - the writer has also th...

Los lectores quedaraan fascinados al conocer tantas formas en que los animales utilizan sus colas: para moverse en la tierra, para nadar, para alertar a otros, para guiarse, para agarrarse de otras cosas, para mantenerse calientes, para equilibrarse, para volar, atraer a su compaanero, e incluso para defenderse! Aparentemente, la cola no saolo sirve para menearla cuando estaan felices. Le siguen los libros Los ojos de los animales, Bocas de lo...

Readers will be fascinated by the many ways animals use their tails: to move on land, swim, warn others, steer, hold onto things, keep warm, balance, fly, attract a mate, and even to defend themselves! Apparently tails are not just for wagging when happy. Following Animal Eyes, Animal Mouths (NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Science Award), and Animal Legs, Mary Holland continues her photographic Animal Anatomy and Adaptations series by exploring th...

Readers will be fascinated by the many ways animals use their tails: to move on land, swim, warn others, steer, hold onto things, keep warm, balance, fly, attract a mate, and even to defend themselves! Apparently tails are not just for wagging when happy. Following Animal Eyes, Animal Mouths (NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Science Award), and Animal Legs, Mary Holland continues her photographic Animal Anatomy and Adaptations series by exploring th...

Sigue a este joven zorro rojo durante los primeros meses de su vida, mientras explora el mundo a su alrededor. Tiene aproximadamente un mes de nacido cuando sale de su madriguera por primera vez. Observa mientras el aprende a cazar mediante juegos y utilizando sus sentidos. Nota los cambios mientras crece y pasa de ser un zorrezno a un zorro joven.

Follow this photographic journal of a red fox as he explores the world around him during the first few months of his life. He's about a month old when he first comes out of the den. Watch as he learns to hunt through play and by using his senses. See the changes as he grows from a young kit to a young fox. After all, by the next summer, he'll have kits of his own! Naturalist photographer and environmental educator Mary Holland has captured Fer...

Follow this photographic journal of a red fox as he explores the world around him during the first few months of his life. He's about a month old when he first comes out of the den. Watch as he learns to hunt through play and by using his senses. See the changes as he grows from a young kit to a young fox. After all, by the next summer, he'll have kits of his own! Naturalist photographer and environmental educator Mary Holland has captured Fer...

Con fotografías hermosamente detalladas, Mary Holland capta los primeros meses de la vida de un búho. Los grandes ojos y las esponjosas plumas se robarán el corazón de los lectores mientras aprenden cómo los padres de los búhos carabo norteamericanos preparan a sus jóvenes críos para el gran mundo fuera del nido. Acompaña a Otis mientras aprende a comer, pelea con su hermana, y se prepara para alzar el vuelo.

In ... detailed photographs, Mary Holland captures the first few months of a baby owl's life"--

In ... detailed photographs, Mary Holland captures the first few months of a baby owl's life"--

Along a stream a dam pops out of the water. Beavers are busy at work! These aquatic mammals have unique traits that aid them in building the perfect lodge to raise young beavers and keep predators away. Mary Holland's vibrant photographs document the beavers' activities through the course of a year. Do these beavers ever take a break? Follow along as they pop through the winter ice to begin the busy year of eating bark, building dams and gathe...

Includes 4 pages of learning activities"--On back cover.

Includes 4 pages of learning activities"--On back cover.

What are some things we can learn about animals from the shape of their mouths, beaks, or bills? What can we infer about animals with sharp teeth compared to large, flat teeth? Are there any animals that don't have mouths? Following in the footsteps of Animal Eyes, award-winning nature photographer and environmental educator Mary Holland shares fascinating animal mouths with readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle facto...

What are some things we can learn about animals from the shape of their mouths, beaks, or bills? What can we infer about animals with sharp teeth compared to large, flat teeth? Are there any animals that don't have mouths? Following in the footsteps of Animal Eyes, award-winning nature photographer and environmental educator Mary Holland shares fascinating animal mouths with readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle facto...

Can you smell with your feet? Do you dig your claws into a river's muddy bank to climb up and bask in the sun? Animals' legs are different from humans' in so many ways! Find out why strong talons suit a raptor, or webbing is perfect for water dwellers as author Mary Holland continues her photographic Animal Anatomy and Adaptations series by exploring the ways insects, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals move and explore their world."--

Can you smell with your feet? Do you dig your claws into a river's muddy bank to climb up and bask in the sun? Animals' legs are different from humans' in so many ways! Find out why strong talons suit a raptor, or webbing is perfect for water dwellers as author Mary Holland continues her photographic Animal Anatomy and Adaptations series by exploring the ways insects, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals move and explore their world."--

Excerpt from Letters of Mary Sibylla Holland This selection from letters has been made in order to embody in a permanent form a memorial of a nature of rare distinction. No books have a charm more great, or more permanent value, than collections of letters written, with no thought but to please, convey affection, help or console, by persons gifted with sympathy, reason, and the seeing faculty, if - and this is essential - the writer has also ...

Excerpt from Our Army Nurses: Interesting Sketches, Addresses, and Photographs of Nearly One Hundred of the Noble Women Who Served in Hospitals and on Battlefields During Our Civil War Orators find sources of eloquence in considering the part which woman played in our Civil War. Their strongest praise cannot reach too high. We all know full well what a background of encouragement, sympathy, and actual aid the women of the North furnished, the...